ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, December 21, 1994                   TAG: 9412220039
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium


BLACKSBURG NIPS CAVS IN OT

BLACKSBURG - Lord Botetourt's Ryan Salvi hit a fallaway jumper at the buzzer to send the game to overtime, but the Cavaliers couldn't hang on, falling 83-76 to Blacksburg in a non-district boys' basketball action Tuesday.

Greg Shockley and Aaron Marshall hit consecutive 3-pointers for Blacksburg (3-2) to open the overtime period and the Indians converted on 13 of 18 free-throw attempts to pull away.

Shockley finished with 13 points for the Indians, who had five players in double figures. Mark Hobeika had 16 points, Philip Klaus 14, Trent Peterson 12 and Tony Wheeler 11.

Shannon Williams paced Lord Botetourt (4-2) with 22 points and Salvi and Jonathan Neal added 19 each.

Craig County 73

Highland 70

NEW CASTLE - Craig County held off Highland's 36-point fourth quarter flurry as the Rockets squeaked by the Rams 73-70 in a Pioneer District game.

Jamie Fisher led Craig County (2-2, 1-0) with 29 points, including eight 3-pointers. Robby Huffman also helped the Rockets with 24 points and 11 rebounds.

Highland (0-2, 0-1) was led by Brian Weiner's 19 points and T.J. Honaker's 17, which included three 3-pointers. Jacob Hull added 16 points for the Rams.

Liberty 76

Jefferson Forest 42

FOREST - The Minutemen jumped out to a 25-6 first quarter lead and never look back, rolling past Jefferson Forest in a Seminole District game.

J.J. Coles and Gregg Reynolds paced a Liberty (5-1) press which forced numerous turnovers. Coles finished with a team-high 12 points, Reynolds added nine and Robert Carson chipped in 10.

Jefferson Forest (1-4) got 11 points from Jimmy Gillespie and 10 from Ryan Lowe.

Staunton River 65

Rustburg 54

RUSTBURG - Hunter Hoggatt scored 21 points as the Golden Eagles defeated the Devils in Seminole District game.

Cornelius Foxx added 17 points and Jeff English tossed in 14 for the Staunton River.

Bryan Franklin led Rustburg with 16 points and Tyrone Scott scored 14.

Girls

Pulaski County 71

Franklin County 44

DUBLIN - The Cougars outscored the Eagles 24-8 in the third quarter en route to a Roanoke Valley District victory.

Jodie Hallett scored 21 points for Pulaski County (5-0, 2-0), Kim Cruise added 13 points and Lisa Skeens and Carrie McConnell each scored 10.

Sarah Jones led Franklin County (4-2, 2-1) with 11 points, including two three-pointers.

William Fleming 40

GW-Danville 37

DANVILLE - Kelly Irving scored 18 points, hitting six of eight free throws in the second half, to lead the Colonels (4-1) past the Eagles (2-5) in a non-district matchup.

Fleming used its press to take control in the fourth quarter, outscoring GW 16-9 in the period.

Michelle Warner led the Eagles with 16 points.

Cave Spring 72

Patrick Henry 30

Jaclyn Banks scored 15 points and Aimee Beightol added 11 points and seven assists as the Knights pounded the Patriots in a Roanoke Valley District game.

Cave Spring (3-2, 2-0) jumped out to a 24-7 lead in the first quarter and never looked back. Emily Rappold had 10 points for the Knights and Allison Beightol had five assists as 10 of 12 Cave Spring players scored.

The lone double digit scorer for Patrick Henry (0-5, 0-2) was Renea Hill with 10 points.

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